{"id":73480,"date":"2025-01-15T20:19:51","date_gmt":"2025-01-15T20:19:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/uncategorized\/2025\/01\/15\/coast-guard-arrests-human-smugglers-who-ram-boat\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T15:43:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T15:43:14","slug":"coast-guard-arrests-human-smugglers-who-ram-boat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2025\/01\/15\/coast-guard-arrests-human-smugglers-who-ram-boat\/","title":{"rendered":"Coast Guard arrests human smugglers who ram boat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The United States Coast Guard arrested human smugglers who crashed into their patrol boat during a getaway attempt and attacked them, according to court documents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coast Guardsmen arrested Oscar Eduardo Audelo-Rodriguez and Francisco Brado-Cota on Jan. 5 for illegally entering the U.S. by sea near San Diego in an attempt to smuggle Mexican immigrants into the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Around 4 p.m. that day, two Border Patrol agents identified a boat wading through Mission Bay that matched descriptions of a vessel believed to be engaged in smuggling operations. The agents noticed an amount of fishing poles that exceeded the number of observable humans \u2013 a common ruse used by smugglers to convince authorities that a vessel is a fishing boat \u2013 and prepared to intercept them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the boat pulled up to a boat launch, one of the agents hid near a public restroom. Several individuals exited the boat, and the agent intervened, instructing them to sit down. Two men, however, hopped back in the boat and sped off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the agents confirmed the four individuals left on the dock were Mexican citizens entering the U.S. without immigration documents. The agent arrested them.<\/p>\n\n\n\t